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Gray

Stuck inside this empty box

Hours never end on broken clocks

Stuck am I, never to return again

Look and find what’s left to remain

I’ve given it all, I’ve given it up

Beggin’ on the sideways streets screamin’ for someone to fill my cup

Ready to die because I haven’t lived

Sleep in comfort with a sharpened shiv

This is the life God knew was for me

But I believe in the Devil and the fault laid with he

Who am I to blame?

Carrying on this life of shame

Broken bottles and dirty needles are my bed

Surviving on the shattered dreams inside my head

No one know sadness ‘til they saw my face

A reflection in the dirty puddle of scum and disgrace

Elsie Alvarez

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